Gender Issues in Law and Socie

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The course examines the evolution of gender issues, from traditional roles to nontraditional roles, from an historical context to modern-day contemporary life. Gender is examined critically and reviewed at the macro and micro levels of various components of society with a focus on gender status, relationships, and treatment in different institutional, organizational, and group settings. Comparing the role of gender and its evolution in the United States to that of other countries, the focus will be on emerging and continuing issues of gender. (Cross-listed with SOC-250.)